Ama-solar shingles, amathayela elanga, uphahla lwelanga - noma ngabe ukubiza ngokuthini - sekunemfashini futhi ngesimemezelo esithi “Nailable” umkhiqizo ovela ku-GAF Energy.Le mikhiqizo kuma-photovoltaics asetshenziswe esakhiweni noma ahlanganiswe nesakhiwo(BIPV) isigabayemakethe ithatha amaseli elanga iwahlanganise abe osayizi bephaneli abancanyana abanamathela ophahleni lwendawo yokuhlala endaweni ephansi kunamasistimu elanga ajwayelekile afakwe ngamarack.
Umqondo wemikhiqizo yokuphahla ehlanganiswe ne-solar ubulokhu ukhona kusukela ekuqaleni kwesizukulwane solar ngokwayo, kodwa imizamo ephumelele kakhulu yenziwe kule minyaka eyishumi edlule.Imigqa ethembisayo yama-solar shingles (njenge-Dow's Powerhouse) yehlulekile kakhulu ngenxa yokuntuleka kwenethiwekhi yokufaka ezimisele ukungena ophahleni ngomkhiqizo welanga.
U-Tesla ubefunda lokhu kabuhlungu ngomzamo wakhe wophahla oluphelele kuma-solar shingles.Izifaki zelanga azijwayele njalo izidingo zokufulela, futhi abafulela bendabuko abakwazi ukuxhuma amathayela engilazi okukhiqiza ugesi.Lokhu kudinga ukuthi u-Tesla afunde endiza, abe nesibopho sokuphatha yonke iphrojekthi esikhundleni sokukhipha imali.
"I-solar shingle yinto wonke umuntu anentshisekelo kuyo, kodwa okwenziwa uTesla kuyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu," kusho u-Oliver Koehler, i-CEO yenkampani ye-solar shingle i-SunTegra."Uma ucabanga ukushintsha uphahla lonke, hhayi indawo yelanga kuphela - kuba nzima kakhulu.Akuyona into ephakathi kwakho ne-solar integrator efuna nokuba yingxenye yayo.”
Yingakho izinkampani eziphumelele kakhulu zithandaI-SunTegra, okwenza ama-solar shingles afakwe ngokuhambisana ne-asphalt shingles yendabuko noma amathayela kakhonkolo, yenze imikhiqizo yabo yokufulela ngelanga ngobukhulu ijwayeleke kakhulu kuma-roofers kanye nezifaki zelanga ngokufanayo, futhi yafinyelela kuleyo miphakathi ukuze ithole ubuchwepheshe bokufaka.
I-SunTegra ibisenza ama-solar shingles angu-110-W namathayili elanga angu-70-W kusukela ngo-2014 futhi ithembele eqenjini elincane labathengisi abagunyaziwe ukuthi baqedele ukufakwa kwamaphahla elanga angama-50 unyaka ngamunye, ikakhulukazi eNyakatho-mpumalanga kubanikazi bezindlu abasezingeni eliphezulu.
“Sinenqwaba yabaholayo abangenzi lutho [ngaphandle] kokuba newebhusayithi yethu laphaya.Abanikazi bezindlu abaningi bayawathanda ama-solar kodwa abawathandi ngempela ama-solar panel.Okusikhathazayo wukuthi usanelisa kanjani leso sidingo,” kusho uKoehler.“Ama-solar shingles nama-tile kuseyi-niche, kodwa kungaba yingxenye enkulu yemakethe.Izindleko kufanele zehle nokuthi zihlangana kanjani nesifakeli selanga esijwayelekile kufanele siqondiswe kukho kokubili ukuthengisa nombono womkhiqizo. "
I-SunTegra ingase iphumelele ngerekhodi layo lokufaka elinesizotha, kodwa imfihlo yangempela yokukhulisa imakethe yophahla lwelanga ithola ama-solar shingles ezindlini ezisezingeni eliphakathi ngokusebenzisa iziteshi ezikhona zokufaka uphahla.Ababili abahamba phambili kulo mjaho izikhondlakhondla ze-GAF ne-CertieTeed, nakuba bebhange emikhiqizweni ehluke kakhulu.
Ukugxila ophahleni esikhundleni solar
I-solar shingle enolwazi lomhlaba wangempela umkhiqizo we-Apollo II osuka kuwoCertainTeed.Emakethe kusukela ngo-2013, i-Apollo ingafakwa kukho kokubili i-asphalt shingle kanye nophahla lwamathayela kakhonkolo (kanye nophahla lwe-slate kanye nemisedari).UMark Stevens, umphathi wemikhiqizo yelanga ye-CurtainTeed, uthe imboni ingalindela ukuklanywa kwesizukulwane esilandelayo phakathi nonyaka ozayo, kodwa okwamanje i-Apollo II shingle yelanga iphuma ku-77 W, isebenzisa imigqa emibili yamaseli ayisikhombisa.
Esikhundleni sokumboza uphahla lonke ngamathayili elanga, i-CertialTeed igcina i-solar shingle ibe ngu-46- by 14-in.futhi ivumela ama-shingles e-asphalt anosayizi othile ngokwesiko ukuthi asetshenziswe eduze komjikelezo we-Apollo array.Futhi nakuba i-CurtainTeed ingawenzi amathayela kakhonkolo, isistimu ye-Apollo isengasetshenziswa kulolo phahla olukhethekile ngaphandle kwamathayela angokwezifiso.
“Siyi-solar shingle ehloliwe.Sesihlale cishe iminyaka eyi-10.Siyazi ukuthi umkhiqizo wethu uyini nokuthi usebenza kanjani,” kusho uStevens."Kepha njengamanje, uphahla lwelanga luyi-2% kuphela yemakethe."
Yingakho i-CertainTeed inikeza amaphaneli elanga anosayizi ogcwele ngaphezu kwe-solar shingle yayo.Yomibili imikhiqizo ihlanganiswa nge-OEM eSan Jose, eCalifornia.
“Kubalulekile kithina ukuthi sibe [nama-solar panel kanye nama-solar shingles] ukuze sibe khona kahle embonini.Kusinikeza inketho enhle nokukhetha okungcono,” kusho uStevens.“I-Apollo yenza abantu babe nentshisekelo ngenxa yokuthi ayinayo iphrofayili [futhi] iyajabulisa ngobuhle.Bese bebona ukuthi intengo ingaphezulu kancane.”Kodwa izifaki ezithile zeTeed zinganikeza amasistimu e-rack-and-solar-panel njengenye indlela eshibhile.
Isihluthulelo sempumelelo ye-CertainTeed sisebenza ngenethiwekhi ekhona yabathengisi.Amakhasimende angase afinyelele uphahla olungenalutho abese evuleleka embonweni welanga ngemva kokukhuluma nomunye wezinkulungwane zabafuleli abaqinisekisiwe be-CertainTeed ezweni lonke.
“I-solar shingles kade yaphela.Kodwa ukuba nenkampani efana ne-GAF ne-CertienTeed eletha lolo lwazi kwabafulelayo kuyinto enkulu,” kusho uStevens.“Kungumshikashika ukuthi labo Dows neSunTegra babe nalezo zixhumanisi.Basondela ku-roofers, kodwa kuyinselele ngoba abahlangene nohlangothi lwe-asphalt shingle.
Njenge-CurtainTeed, i-GAF kanye nokuhlukaniswa kwayo kwelanga,Amandla we-GAF, iphendukela kunethiwekhi yenkampani ekhona yezifaki zokufulela i-asphalt shingle ukuze zenze umsindo mayelana nomkhiqizo wokufulela ngelanga we-GAF.Futhi esivele ihileleke ekufakweni kwamamojula anosayizi ogcwele ngomnikelo wayo we-DecoTech, i-GAF Energy manje isishintsha ukugxila kushingle lwayo olusha olungenazipikili: i-Timberline Solar Energy Shingle.
“I-thesis yethu ngokombono wokuklama nokuthuthuka yayiwukuthi, 'Masenze uphahla olungaphehla ugesi uma siqhathanisa nokuzama ukuthatha isici sesolar bese siwumpintsha ukuze lungene ophahleni,'” kusho uReynolds Holmes, oyiPhini likaMengameli we-GAF Energy wezinkonzo. kanye nokuphathwa komkhiqizo.“I-GAF Energy ibambisene nenkampani enosonkontileka abacishe babe ngu-10 000 abafaka ama-asphalt shingles.Uma ungathatha leso sisekelo se-asphalt shingle, dweba indlela yokwenza [ilanga] lifakeke njenge-asphalt shingle, ungashintshi abasebenzi, ungashintshi isethi yamathuluzi kodwa ukwazi ukuhlinzeka ngogesi namandla ngalowo mkhiqizo - I ngicabanga ukuthi singayikhipha epaki.”
I-Timberline Solar shingle icishe ibe ngu-64- by 17-in, kuyilapho ingxenye yelanga (umugqa owodwa wamaseli asikwe uhhafu angu-16 akhiqiza u-45 W) ikala u-60- by 7.5-in.Leyo ngxenye eyengeziwe engeyona eyelanga empeleni iyimpahla yokufulela ye-TPO futhi ibethelwe ophahleni.
“Siyiklame ukuthi iphathwe ngumuntu oyedwa ophethe i-nail gun.Sifinyelele lobo bude bobude banoma yini engaphezu kuka-60 in. yokuqina yaba yinto engalawuleki kusifaki esisodwa,” kusho uHolmes.
I-Timberline Solar ifakwe eduze kwama-shingles e-Timberline Solar HD, anosayizi okhethekile (ama-40-in.) ama-asphalt shingles ophahleni lwelanga.Ngokuba nemikhiqizo yomibili ihlukaniseke ngo-10, iphethini ehlukanisiwe yama-shingles enziwe ophahleni isengabekwa phansi kalula.Lonke isistimu yeSolar ye-Timberline (ehlanganiswe esikhungweni sokukhiqiza amandla angu-50-MW GAF e-San Jose, eCalifornia) yayiklanyelwe ukuthi ifakwe kalula - izixhumi ziphezu kwe-solar shingle futhi zimbozwe ngesivikelo ngemva kophahla. ifakwe ngokugcwele.
Inkampani yaseTexas yokufulelaUkulungisa Uphahlaungomunye walabo bathengisi be-GAF abangu-10,000 abazofaka umkhiqizo we-Timberline Solar njengoba usakazwa ezweni lonke.UShaunak Patel, ongumeluleki wezindlu kwa-Roof Fix, uthe le nkampani iphinde yafaka umkhiqizo we-DecoTech futhi ibivame ukubuza imibuzo ngezinye izinkampani ezikhiqiza ama-solar shingle, ikakhulukazi i-Tesla.U-Patel uthande ukugcizelela ukuthi kunenzuzo kakhulu ukusebenza nenkampani yokufulela kunonjiniyela wobuchwepheshe.
"I-Tesla iyisistimu yokufaka ama-rack.Unenqwaba yokungena ophahleni lwakho.Unazo zonke lezi zindawo ezingase zehluleke ikakhulukazi enkampanini engalufeli,” usho kanje.“Siyinkampani yokufulela.Asiyona inkampani yelanga ezama ukufulela.”
Ngenkathi imikhiqizo yophahla lwelanga ye-GAF Energy kanye ne-CertialTeed ayihlangani ngendlela ebukeka ngayo uTesla azama ngayo, uHolmes uthe izimfuno ezinengqondo ngobuhle akuzona ezithiya ukukhula kwemakethe ye-BIPV - isikali sinjalo.
“Kufanele uklame futhi uthuthukise umkhiqizo omuhle onephuzu lentengo elifinyeleleka kalula, kodwa futhi kufanele wakhe ingqalasizinda yokukala lo mkhiqizo,” esho.“Into ebesincike kuyo kakhulu futhi senza izinqumo zokuklama mhlawumbe ngokumelene nokuba namandla aphezulu ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi iyafakeka yile nethiwekhi yabantu abangu-10 000.Ekupheleni kosuku, uma unomkhiqizo omuhle ohlangabezana nazo zonke izidingo kodwa kungekho muntu ongawufaka, ungase ungabi nawo umkhiqizo omuhle.”
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jan-05-2022